Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
Sunday 22nd August - In need of reinvigoration after months of sameness, overnight I changed the aesthetics on my website..... Incidentally, that's the site which required reinvigorating, not me! Don't get me wrong, I'm desperately in need of mental rejuvenation. However, I can assure you re-invigorating me under prevailing times would be a significantly tougher... Continue Reading →
With the construction element of chez Strachan's bathroom revamp now completed, GJ Strachan's thoughts have turned to selecting the chamber's ornamental and pictorial furnishings. Before proceeding further I'd like to clarify that, despite possibly reading differently, my initial sentence doesn't mean I couldn't embark on accessory selection until plumbing'd been concluded and silicon dry. Yours... Continue Reading →
Witnessing the US's prevailing social and political divide over the past year brings to mind I'm watching an updated version of the 1961 movie West Side Story. Recent events giving Ernest Lehman's screenplay a 2020/21 revamp to reflect the 'warring' MAGA and ANTIFA gangs; as opposed of the original disenchanted hordes, the Sharks and Jets.... Continue Reading →
This morning, Facebook memories felt moved to remind me three years ago today I printed off 360+ pages of A4 paper containing a tome I penned in spring 2010. Not the most ecologically friendly of undertakings on my part, however, at that time hubris fed a need to possess paper copies of yours truly's art.... Continue Reading →
I've spent the last couple of days working with my brother Ian revamping part of our mother's back garden. Our remit the trimming and removal of numerous bags of overgrown clematis, buddleia, dead vines; along with the unearthing a low retaining wall and rectangle terracotta planting tubs. Also among the clerk of works (Mrs S... Continue Reading →